Planter



(No Model.)

B. D. WHITEHURST.

PLANTBR.

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ESIR DAVID vVHITEHUItST, OF GLEN ROSE, TEXAS.

PLANTE R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,793,61ated August3, 1886.

Application filed May 26, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EsIR DAVID I'VHITE- IIURSI, acitizeu of the UnitedStates, residing at Glen Rose, in the county of Somervell and State ofTexas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Planters, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to an improvement in cotton and corn planters; auditconsists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices thatwill be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a corn and cottonplanter embodying my improvements. Fig.2 is a top plan view of the same.Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of my invention when used as acotton-planter. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same when used as acorn-planter. Fig. 5 is a Vertical transverse sectional view taken onthe line 00 w of Fig. 3.

A represents a pair of side beams, between the front ends of which issecured a curved standard, 13, carrying the furrow-opener or shovel O.The upper portion of the curved standard B extends forwardly for a shortdistance beyond the side beams, A, and forms a clevis, D. The rear endsof the beams A are curved downwardly, thereby forming standards A, towhich are attached covering-plows E. Near the rear ends of the sidebeams, A, are bolted vertical supporting-arms F, which are provided attheir upper ends with vertical series of openings f.

G represents handles, which are similar to plow-handles,and have theirfront ends bolted near the front ends of the side beams, A, and theirrear ends secured to the supportingarms F at any desired elevation bymeans of bolts H, which pass through openings made in the handles andthrough either of the openings f. By this construction it will bereadily understood that the plow-handles may be adjusted up or down tosuit the convenience of the person using the machine.

I represents a pivoted frame, which is composed of two parallel sidebars having their front ends pivoted on a bolt, K, between the beams A,near the front ends of the latter. In

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the rear end of the frame I is journaled asupporting-wheel, L, which isprovided with a crank, M.

In between the front ends of the side bars which constitute the frame Iis secured ahopper, N, the said hopper being bolted between the sidebars of the frame I. The sides of the hopper converge toward the lowerend thereof, and on the opposing sides of the front and rear walls ofthe hopper are made horizontal transverse grooves O, in which is secureda removable bottom board, P, which forms the bottom of the hopper..Thrdugh the center of this'board is made an opening, It.

S represents a sliding block, which is provided with a central opening,5, and is placed on the upper side of the bottom board, 1?. This slidingblock is provided near one end with an outwardly-extending arm, S, whichprojects through thelongitudiual slot T,with which one side of the frameI is provided. To the said arm S is attached the front end of a pitman,U, which has its rear end connected to the crank M.

V represents a spring, which is secured between the front and rear wallsof the hopper, near the bottom thereof, and is provided at its centerwith a depending vU-shaped arm, U, which bears on the upper side of theslide S.

-When thus, equipped the machine is adapted for plantingcorn. As thewheel L rotates, a reciprocating motion is imparted to the slideS,through the crank M and the pitinan U, and

the seeds which are placed in the hopper are fed through the opening R,in the bottom of the same, into the furrow made by the furrow opener G.The covering shovels E, which work on opposite sides of the wheel L,throw the earth toward the furrow and form a ridge over the seeds, aswill be very readily understood. As the frame I is pivoted between theside beams, A, at its front end, it will be readily understood that avibrating motion will be imparted to the said frame, owing to theinequalities of the ground as the machine advances, thereby agitatingthe seeds in the hopper and preventing them from becoming lodgedtherein.

In order to adapt the machine for planting cotton, the bottom] board, P,the slide S, and the spring V are removed from the lower sides of thehopper, and in lieu thereof are inserted a bottom board, a, a slide, b,and an oscillating stirrer, c, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5. The bottomboard, (t is provided centrally with a 1on-- gitudinal slot, a, andalongside the said slot is made a longitudinal groove, a The slide bisprovided with a central longitudinal slot, 1), and a depending stud, l),which enters the groove a". On the opposite side from the stud b is arecess, 2). The said slide is also provided with a projecting armadapted to be attached to the front end of the pitman the same as thecorn-slide S. The stirrer ccompriscsa rock-shaft, which isj ournaled inopenings made in the side walls of the hopper, and is provided withradial stirring-ar1ns 0, which extend up wardly from the rock-shaft inthe bottom of the hopper and downwardly from the said shaft in the slot1). An arm, 6-, also extends from the rock-shaft and enters the recess bof the slide I), so as to impart an oscillating motion to the rock-shaftwhen the said slide is reciprocated, as will be very readily understood.The function of the stirring-arms is to force the eottonseeds downwardlythrough the slots 1) and a, when the machine is operated.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of thebeams A, having the furrow-opener secured between their front ends andthe covering-plows attached to the rear ends of the beams,with the frameI,pivoted between the beams A at its front end, and having thesupporting-wheel provided with the crank M, the hopper secured to theframe I, the reciprocating seed-slide in the bottom of the hopper,andhaving the arm or pin proj ecting through a slot in the side thereof,the pitman having one end pivoted to the said arm or pin, and the otherend attached to the crank M, whereby the seed-slide is operated by thesupporting-wheel, and the reciprocating stirrer c,journaled in thehopper,and having the dc.- pending arm engaging the slide, whereby thesaid stirrer is operated by the slide, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a cotton-planter, of the hopper having the bottomboard, a, provided with the slot a and the groove a", the slide b,bearing on the bottom board, a, and

having the slot b, the depending stud Z)", en-

gaging the grooved", and the oscillating stirrer, a above the slide 11,and having the arm 0 engaging the slide, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiilxedmy signaturc'in presence of two witnesses.

ESIR DAVID XVHITEHURST. \Vitnesses:

I). L. CARMIOHAEL, J. A. KINOAID.

